Showing New Lives for Old by Margaret Mead

Paperback. Pub Date: October 2001 Pages: 608 in Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928 they were living with a Stone Age technology. Economically vulnerable and burdened by a complex moral code the Manus seemed ill-equipped to handle the massive impact that World War II had on their secluded world. But a unique set of circumstances allowed the Manus to adapt swiftly to the twentieth century. and their experience led Mead to develop a revolutionary theory of cultural transformation . one that favors rapid. over piecemeal. change. As relevanttoday as it was a half-century ago. New Lives for Old is an optimistic examination of one society that chose to change ....